The assumption is that, the pink spray helps Police to identify those involved in the riots/demonstrations

Pink Spray which Police used today to disperse an opposition protest. The first sign of this "suspicious substance was seen in the last protest about 10 days ago when Kizza Besigye was rumored to have died

Olara Otunnu, party president to Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) according to the latest tweets on the situation has retreated back to Uganda House, the party’s headquarters. So has Norbert Mao, party president for Democratic Party (DP).

“According to Google, pink dye is added to water and sprayed on rioters to help police identify them easily after. Aya! #walk2work” ….Nataabalo

Pink Spray which Police used today to disperse an opposition protest. The first sign of this "suspicious substance was seen in the last protest about 10 days ago when Kizza Besigye was rumored to have died

its just funny haha, whene I Saw th Daily Monitor and New Vision in the morning, I laughed so loud hahahaha, but I must say I was not impressed by Mao’s action of going behind the police to the city suare, like there was any one to adress there any way…..